School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane4072, Australia.
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Public Health Nutr. 2023 Aug;26(8):1706-1714. doi: 10.1017/S1368980023000800. Epub 2023 Apr 27.
Food systems are a major contributor to climate change, producing one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. However, public knowledge of food systems' contributions to climate change is low. One reason for low public awareness may be limited media coverage of the issue. To investigate this, we conducted a media analysis examining coverage of food systems and their contribution to climate change in Australian newspapers.
We analysed climate change articles from twelve Australian newspapers between 2011 and 2021, sourced from Factiva. We explored the volume and frequency of climate change articles that mentioned food systems and their contributions to climate change, as well as the level of focus on food systems.
Australia.
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Of the 2892 articles included, only 5 % mentioned the contributions of food systems to climate change, with the majority highlighting food production as the main contributor, followed by food consumption. Conversely, 8 % mentioned the impact of climate change on food systems.
Though newspaper coverage of food systems' effects on climate change is increasing, coverage of the issue remains limited. As newspapers play a key role in increasing public and political awareness of matters, the findings provide valuable insights for advocates wishing to increase engagement on the issue. Increased media coverage may raise public awareness and encourage action by policymakers. Collaboration between public health and environmental stakeholders to increase public knowledge of the relationship between food systems and climate change is recommended.
食品系统是气候变化的主要贡献者，产生了全球温室气体排放量的三分之一。然而，公众对食品系统对气候变化的贡献知之甚少。公众意识低的一个原因可能是媒体对这个问题的报道有限。为了调查这一点，我们进行了媒体分析，研究了澳大利亚报纸对食品系统及其对气候变化的贡献的报道。
我们分析了 2011 年至 2021 年来自 Factiva 的 12 家澳大利亚报纸的气候变化文章。我们探讨了提到食品系统及其对气候变化的贡献的气候变化文章的数量和频率，以及对食品系统的关注程度。
澳大利亚。
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在包括的 2892 篇文章中，只有 5%提到了食品系统对气候变化的贡献，其中大部分强调了食品生产是主要贡献者，其次是食品消费。相反，8%提到了气候变化对食品系统的影响。
尽管报纸对食品系统对气候变化影响的报道在增加，但对这个问题的报道仍然有限。由于报纸在提高公众和政治对这些问题的认识方面发挥着关键作用，因此这些发现为希望增加对这个问题的参与度的倡导者提供了有价值的见解。增加媒体报道可能会提高公众意识，并鼓励政策制定者采取行动。建议公共卫生和环境利益相关者之间合作，以提高公众对食品系统与气候变化之间关系的认识。
